Maryland Democratic Chair Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is hitting back at a published report suggesting that a nonprofit she runs received millions of dollars from special interests and corporations that have business before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which is chaired by her husband, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.).
In a statement released to Maryland Matters Tuesday morning, Rockeymoore Cummings referred to The Washington Examiner piece that was published Monday as a politically motivated attempt “to intimidate my family into silence.”
“It appears a conservative front group and a news outlet funded by a Republican billionaire are pushing a hit piece filled with faulty research, lies and innuendo in an attempt to tarnish my personal reputation, professional work and public service as well as that of my spouse, U.S. Congressman Elijah E. Cummings— who holds a critical oversight role in our nation’s government,” Rockeymoore Cummings said.
The article landed on the same day a federal judge ruled that President Trump’s accountant must turn key financial records over to the Oversight Committee. According to The Washington Post, Trump called the decision “crazy” and said he would appeal.
“We think it’s totally the wrong decision by, obviously, an Obama-appointed judge,” he said.
The Oversight committee is one of several congressional panels investigating the Trump administration or the president’s personal financial dealings.
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